I inherited a Kenwood SW 505 Sub woofer. I don't know if it works I plug it in but no lights.
SOURCE: hooking up my sub woofer
Hi ..
According to the manual there's a pre-out (phono style RCA) connector for the sub but it needs to be a powered subwoofer..Has its' own internal amp
SOURCE: Kenwood 107VR rec and No vol from Sub Output w/ menu Opt On
In the setup menu are the speakers set to large or small? On some receivers if you have it set to large all the bass is directed to the right-left fronts.
On my pioneer receiver if the speakers are set to large the sub-pre-out only works if the receiver is in a surround mode, if its in stereo mode and the speakers are set to large the sub-pre-out is dead. If the speakers are set to small the sub-pre-out works all the time.
Also, some receivers won't send a signal to the sub-pre-out if there is no LFE discreet signal info from the dolby digital or dts bitstreem.
For example I have several older dvd's that light up the L C R SL SR icons on my receiver, but don't light up the LFE icon. I have other older dvd's that just light up the L and R icons meaning they are only recorded in stereo like a vhs tape recorded in dolby surround.
In my basement I also have a kenwood dolby digital receiver.
I've noticed that when a dvd only lights up the left and right icons the pioneer will automatically switch to dolby pro logic surround. The kenwood will only send the signal to the left and right fronts (stereo). If I manually switch it (kenwood) to dolby pro logic I'll get sound from all the speakers just like the pioneer, but it does'nt do it by itself.
Most receivers that have a tape monitor won't work in surround mode with the tape monitor on. The pioneer will let me use the tape monitor with dolby pro-logic but won't pass through a dolby digital signal with the monitor on.
Hope this helps.
SOURCE: Sub woofer output port does not seem to work on my
Is the 407 set up to drive the unknown sub. It's not just plug n play.
The manual will guide you, around page 15. Also refer to your subwoofer manual. Try retrevo.com for that one.
http://www.retrevo.com/support/Kenwood-VR-407-Receivers-manual/id/480ag200/t/2/
SOURCE: type of cabel for a woofer for a Kenwood VR 505
That would depend a lot on the subwoofer, which you did not name. I'll assume it's a self-powered model of some sort.
A sngle RCA cable from the Subwoofer Preout wll get you started. The other end is unknown.
You'll aslo have to set up the recever to know it has a subwoofer and other parameters. Find the manual at retrevo.com.
SOURCE: Where on the Kenwood KR-V5580
Wherever the unidentified subwoofer's manual recommends. As there are no volume-controlled pre-amp outputs it would have to be a model that accepts full-range speaker level input if you want to control its volume locally.
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